northshore08

northshore08

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  1. inappropriate comment made by RN in front of patient

    northshore08 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Completely agree. I think no matter how bad your day is, there is no possible reason to hurt someone like that. I bet you won't even have to tell the supervisor; the rest of the staff and probably...

  2. Drugs, Law, Nursing Role

    northshore08 replied to southernbelle4lu's topic in Emergency

    Being positive for any substances is not a reportable situation. Now getting shot or stabbed (altercations, not an attack of the bagel knife or frozen chicken) or bitten by an animal is reportable,...

  3. Agency wants to send me to NH

    northshore08 replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    LMAO!!!! You got me, too. I clicked on the thread because I thought it was about New

  4. I'll be blunt. . . .

    northshore08 replied to kcalohagirl's topic in General Nursing

    Okay..Laundry is dry, I have re-read my own post. Much to my chagrin, it really sounds negative. I don't mean to be! Hawaii is a beautiful place filled with great people and I am as happy as I can...

  5. Writing down a (triage) report

    northshore08 replied to bluefabian's topic in Emergency

    Sometimes the amount you put in a triage note depends on your ED docs. I don't know if others have seen this, but I have seen docs complain that the triage nurse is documenting too much--makes them...

  6. I'll be blunt. . . .

    northshore08 replied to kcalohagirl's topic in General Nursing

    That's not been my experience, either, and I think what you posted above is true. As a general rule, I think that some folk like to exclude rather than include. In my world, we all learn from each...

  7. this website....

    northshore08 replied to dylansmama's topic in General Nursing

    That's a good thing about bumping old threads...you never know what gold mine you're gonna strike! As to sarcasm and being just plain ugly, I figure they are trolls looking for a fight. I think the...

  8. er visitors...a funny

    northshore08 replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Love this thread!!! Y'all are hilarious, and I can see each visitor in my mind's eye. I am SOOO glad I kept reading and did not post responses to those posters who seem to be, well, let's just say...

  9. turning non-emergent pts away

    northshore08 replied to Jennifer, RN's topic in Emergency

    A local "for-profit" facility's free-standing ED did the "triage-MSE-pay $150" deal, and it did lower their routine pt load. So we got them instead. I asked some of the patients why they came to us....

  10. How to set limits on inappropriate pt behaviors

    northshore08 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    Auwe. Wouldn't want to be that administrator. I bet your dept won't be the only one discussing that

  11. Pet Un-Peeves, or what I like about Emergency Nursing

    northshore08 replied to ERbunny's topic in Emergency

    Speaking of Narcan----family member brings in a "confused" lady with low bp who won't cooperate or respond; happens to be methadone pt....doc says "0.4 of Narcan." I enter the room as another nurse is...

  12. Taking admission orders over the phone.

    northshore08 replied to YippiNurse's topic in Emergency

    That is what they are telling us NOT to use. And re MassED's post, yes, we have hospitalists, and yes, we just went live last month with the CPOE, but that does not stop the admitting MDs in their...

  13. Taking admission orders over the phone.

    northshore08 replied to YippiNurse's topic in Emergency

    Ouch! Guess you will straighten us all up,

  14. Can you guess what the doc I missed.

    northshore08 replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in Emergency

    Isn't there something about right shoulder pain being a sign of diaphramatic irritation? Large pneumo could have been pressing on that...Just a thought. May be the hoorificeness was the first...

  15. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    northshore08 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    Gotta add my two stories.... 1. Man walks in from triage with blanket wrapped around waist. Accompanied by wife. Toilet brush stuck in rectum--the kind that has a handle with a hook, not a loop....

  16. Taking admission orders over the phone.

    northshore08 replied to YippiNurse's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, ER06....i feel your

  17. Taking admission orders over the phone.

    northshore08 replied to YippiNurse's topic in Emergency

    ED nurses take orders routinely on patients whom they know NOTHING about. But wherever I've worked, the bed people had to have a name, age, dx and type of bed required before issuing any assignment of...

  18. Phlebotomy Question

    northshore08 replied to springgarden's topic in General Nursing

    I learned about half of my nursing after nursing school. School (in 1986)concentrated on theory, and the only techniques we actively practiced were general sterile technique, injections (on fruit),...

  19. Pizza on tuesday

    northshore08 replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    It is not 30 years ago any more. Get her butt out onto the floor for a shift. Then see which way the wind

  20. Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

    northshore08 replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    ;)Some days I am the poo magnet at work in the ED. It got so bad at one facility that the ER techs would run when I stuck my head out of the room looking for help. "We know it's bad if YOU are looking...

  21. Kahu Malama???

    northshore08 replied to nurse_misty's topic in General Nursing

    I did want to post that Kahu Malama has the best booklet I have seen that covers all the facilities--each page lists the times, directions (car and bus) and info re parking, signing in, and other...

  22. Talk story on all kine nursing in da islands

    northshore08 replied to malamarn06's topic in General Nursing

    Is okay. I sorry too. I just got my knickers in a knot. My family were mountain people from southwest Virginia; I was reading about the "mana" that Hawaiians feel here in the islands; you know, I...

  23. Questions about Unions

    northshore08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    :typing I am new to the idea of unions for nurses. I have been an RN since 1986, but the areas of the country I worked in were never union. So since I have come to Oahu, I have read all I could...

  24. Talk story on all kine nursing in da islands

    northshore08 replied to malamarn06's topic in General Nursing

    I love it here, too! Since coming here, I have avidly read all I could find about cultural health issues (not wanting to do exactly what Pua described.....) and, when needed, have asked the local...

  25. is this what its really like? 2 wks in...

    northshore08 replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

    No, but now you've got me interested!! (I just thought it was a great quote!) But CSLewis I am very familiar